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LOT 2253
Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (583 grams, 14.5 cm).
On a triangular-section dais, sitting with bumpa vessel cradled in his lap.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
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